Transfer Rumour January transfer window (170 Viewers)

[skybluecam]

I was going to make a thread about this actually

Seemingly the investment he planned to bring in hasn't been forthcoming which has changed his outlook

He strolled in thinking this owning a club lark was easy, you could flog players for a huge profit most years rinse and repeat

When hes discovered that indeed isn't the case (remember, he himself admitted he know nothing of football) he's realising just how hard owning a football club is now the honeymoon period is over

So the club isn't up for sale in the greatest sense of the word, but he won't be here by 2028 I can 100% promise you, that may even be a lot sooner with how it's panned out recently

To be fair to King, I think we probably would turn a profit overall on our spending from summer 23.

For all the doom and gloom on here we are a more attractive proposition to any potential new owner than when he came in.

 

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[Evo1883]

I was going to make a thread about this actually

Seemingly the investment he planned to bring in hasn't been forthcoming which has changed his outlook

He strolled in thinking this owning a club lark was easy, you could flog players for a huge profit most years rinse and repeat

When hes discovered that indeed isn't the case (remember, he himself admitted he know nothing of football) he's realising just how hard owning a football club is now the honeymoon period is over

So the club isn't up for sale in the greatest sense of the word, but he won't be here by 2028 I can 100% promise you, that may even be a lot sooner with how it's panned out recently

I can't say il shed a tear , the shit head

 

[Lamps]

To be fair to King, I think we probably would turn a profit overall on our spending from summer 23.

For all the doom and gloom on here we are a more attractive proposition to any potential new owner than when he came in.

Ot wouldn't surprise me if King came in thinking it would be easy. We were flying and constantly doing better than the year before. We had just lost a game on penalties that was worth £100m.

 

[Deity]

No one should be suprised that King might seek new investment or sell the club in the medium term. 5 of the current top 7 in the championship have new owners !.

 

[Flying Fokker]

Ot wouldn't surprise me if King came in thinking it would be easy. We were flying and constantly doing better than the year before. We had just lost a game on penalties that was worth £100m.

And the fans were with the club for the first time in years.. Things got choppy when the managerial partnership failed.

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Roma are also in the hunt for MVE….

bidding war isn’t a bad outcome

 

[skybluecam]

Ot wouldn't surprise me if King came in thinking it would be easy. We were flying and constantly doing better than the year before. We had just lost a game on penalties that was worth £100m.

…he came in before that? lol. People have amnesia round here

 

[Lamps]

No one should be suprised that King might seek new investment or sell the club in the medium term. 5 of the current top 7 in the championship have new owners !.

Spending about 40m on a squad to find out it's only a bottom half squad can't be good on the old ticker.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

‘ON BURROUGHED TIME!: Recalled Sky Blues star ready to step up following van Ewijk transfer’

 

[Jesse Carver]

Got asked the other day, say Red Bull wanted us (they dont) would you take the name change if they made us into a consistent top 6 Prem side that win trophies every other year


I said yes is that bad?

I want Red Bull to buy us purely for the level of meltdown that William Storey would have.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

I want Red Bull to buy us purely for the level of meltdown that William Storey would have.

He’ll be piping up at the end of January when we don’t sign anyone about how he’s got deals lined up to buy Gyokeres and Hamer back - but doug won’t pick up his calls with his offer to buy the club

 

[Nick]

I want Red Bull to buy us purely for the level of meltdown that William Storey would have.

with backing from Monster and Carabao

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Why does Musk have so many people licking his arse? Baffles me

A successful billionaire who’s heading space X, what’s not to like about him unless your jealous

 

[Deity]

A successful billionaire who’s heading space X, what’s not to like about him unless your jealous

How about because he’s spending a shit tonne of money on a vanity space project when we have people starving and without homes on the planet we live on.

 

[Cally Fedora]

Crikey we’re getting wound into a ball of angst about this window. January is always a damp squib. Not sure why we expect anything of significance.

 

[Boicey]

Crikey we’re getting wound into a ball of angst about this window. January is always a damp squib. Not sure why we expect anything of significance.

Well we have a new manager who I assume has has a few promises made to him and has a lot of reorganisation work to do to make his team....

 

[Rodders1]

How about because he’s spending a shit tonne of money on a vanity space project when we have people starving and without homes on the planet we live on.

Pretty sure Musk called the guy who saved loads of kids stuck caving in Mexico a pedo…. Awful.

 

[Cally Fedora]

Firstly we have no idea what promises he’s been made. And anyone who attempts a reorganisation in January is on a hiding to nothing. Not to mention we haven’t got much headroom in terms of squad numbers. It’s obvious negotiations on outgoings are taking place. Until that happens whether it be in terms of cash generation or numbers being freed up no one will come in.

 

[Lamps]

A successful billionaire who’s heading space X, what’s not to like about him unless your jealous

Thinks he can tell the UK government what to do and he isn't even heavily involved in us.

Wouldn't want us to sell our souls to him.

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Roma are also in the hunt for MVE….

bidding war isn’t a bad outcome

He’s going to go eventually, as much as we shouldn’t sell him this jan if the money is right then we’ll have too

 

[Chris1987]

He’s going to go eventually, as much as we shouldn’t sell him this jan if the money is right then we’ll have too

Spot on

 

[Saddlebrains]

There was an article in the national press last December time.

It surprised me that no one seemed to pick up on it.

The general thrust was Coventry had thrown money around but the money spent - especially on wages - was unsustainable and King had realised it.

More recently, you can see articles out there - the latest being in Leeds Live - that Coventry City’s financial problems are being acknowledged and Cov need to sell.

I would suggest a reasonable assessment is that City are now more likely to be relegated in the next say 5 years, than get promoted.

The high water tide was last season.

This is it

Hence why the money tree can't be shaken anymore

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Spot on

Glad we can finally agree on something lol

 

[shmmeee]

This is it

Hence why the money tree can't be shaken anymore

Sorry but considering the windfall we got that’s criminal mismanagement.

 

[Deity]

Sorry but considering the windfall we got that’s criminal mismanagement.

If we sold our best assets again we would then have another windfall.

I think the issue now is that we would need to sell many more than 2 players to realise that value.

 

[shmmeee]

If we sold our best assets again we would then have another windfall.

I think the issue now is that we would need to sell many more than 2 players to realise that value.

I mean yeah and if I spent my lottery win on Pokémon cards I’d be able to sell them too, but I shouldn’t have to within two years.

 

[mmttww]

A successful billionaire who’s heading space X, what’s not to like about him unless your jealous

Ask his kids or his ex wife what he's like, maybe. Bloke is a Bond Villain without the intelligence.

 

[shmmeee]

Ask his kids or his ex wife what he's like, maybe. Bloke is a Bond Villain without the intelligence.

But maybe if Dom is nice about him on the internet the money will rub off?

 

[Deity]

I mean yeah and if I spent my lottery win on Pokémon cards I’d be able to sell them too, but I shouldn’t have to within two years.

You would sell after 2 years if you only owned the Pokémon cards for 3-4 years then you might have to give them away for free.

 

[Chris1987]

I mean yeah and if I spent my lottery win on Pokémon cards I’d be able to sell them too, but I shouldn’t have to within two years.

Is this not the whole idea though ? Sell players on for profit . You would expect that if players receive a 3 or 4 year contract a reasonable time to sell would be with one or two years left on it . I take journalistic stuff like this with a pinch of salt unless they can back it up with actual numbers

 

[M3rcian]

How has this turned into a Musk thread AGAIN! Take it off topic you obsessive anti-Muskers!

P.S. The guy is a fucking legend

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Well that really is a bit of a shitter

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

This is it

Hence why the money tree can't be shaken anymore

Yes except we spent millions more in the summer so the narrative doesn't quite follow. Seems to be more that he's willing to spend as much as possible from transfers and commercials without having to put much in himself.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

This is it

Hence why the money tree can't be shaken anymore

Least we’ll finally get Jamie Paterson in

 

[shmmeee]

Is this not the whole idea though ? Sell players on for profit . You would expect that if players receive a 3 or 4 year contract a reasonable time to sell would be with one or two years left on it . I take journalistic stuff like this with a pinch of salt unless they can back it up with actual numbers

The point is we shouldn’t *have* to sell halfway through a season after that sort of windfall. To be in financial trouble less than two years later is poor financial management.